New diabetes hospital for Zim

LIONS Club Zimbabwe is planning to build a specialised clinic in Harare to curb diabetes. Michael Gwarisa This comes as the chronic disease, characterised by elevated levels of blood glucose leading over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves, is claiming more people in Zimbabwe. Over the past two years, the country has recorded over 200 000 diabetes cases attributed to unhealthy snacking and poor lifestyles, which has resulted in the country being named one of heavily burdened countries in the region Jona Orama…

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#BREAKING: Striking Doctors Snub Disciplinary Hearing

STRIKING doctors have snubbed the disciplinary hearings on Friday insisting that demanding fair wages is lawful. By Kudakwashe Pembere Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association Treasury General Dr Tapiwa Mungofa told HealthTimes they are financially crippled to attend the hearings. Doctors cannot and are not going to attend the disciplinary hearings because they don’t believe they committed any crime by being broke,” he said. He added they cannot afford transport to go for the disciplinary hearings. “And also the mere fact that doctors are incapacitated means they will not even afford the…

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